Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [vb pp] for [num] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Mandela was jailed for six years on kidnapping and assault charges but released on bail pending a yet-to-be-heard appeal . |
| 2 | David was jailed for four years after robbing a petrol station to pay for his drug habit . |
| 3 | Courtney was jailed for seven years on November 30 following his conviction for two rapes and two indecent assaults . |
| 4 | And in the unlikely event that the level of the FT-SE 100 Index should actually fall during that period , we guarantee to return the original amount of your investment provided the Bond is held for 5 years . |
| 5 | On Monday , at Teesside Crown Court , Sigsworth was jailed for three years after he admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent , wounding , assault causing actual bodily harm and two offences of burglary . |
| 6 | Combining all the advantages of a fully-automatic pressure cooker with those of a universal frypan , the high quality stainless steel Duromatic is guaranteed for ten years . |
| 7 | Michael Lowther was jailed for six years and a further year for being in breach of a probation order . |
| 8 | DRUGS baron Rene Black was jailed for 15 years yesterday for organising a £15.5 million conspiracy to flood Britain with drugs from Europe 's first cocaine factory . |
| 9 | Today in court , a year after the shooting , Demetrius McDuffy was jailed for 23 years . |
| 10 | Johnson was suspended for two years after testing positive for steroids after winning the 100m at the 1988 Seoul Olympics . |
| 11 | Rachael was jailed for 7 years . |
| 12 | Shaun Gooch was jailed for five years for causing the deaths and a further three months for driving while disqualified . |
| 13 | Attempts to control power station emissions in Europe were blocked for five years . |
| 14 | In the mid-1970's Zelaya was imprisoned for 2½ years for his part in the murders of two priests and five peasants who were agitating for land reform . |
| 15 | Bailey was jailed for 5 years for starting the fire . |
| 16 | Luo Haixing , a businessman , and Li Peicheng received five-year prison terms , while Li Longqing was jailed for four years . |
| 17 | In 1979 Vaclav Havel was jailed for four years on charges of ‘ attempted subversion of the republic ’ . |
| 18 | Clarke was jailed for 5 years for manslaughter and supplying drugs . |
| 19 | IN our report of a High Court case at Inverness in which Malcolm Badenoch was jailed for five years after admitting being concerned in the supply of Ecstasy and cannabis , we stated that some of the local youths he recruited to distribute drugs were schoolchildren . |
| 20 | Raper was jailed for two years and Allen for six months , Sir Nicolas saying it was one of the most serious contempts he had ever come across . |
| 21 | Madonna was followed for three years by a 19-stone man who camped outside her New York flat and Julia Roberts was forced to employ an armed guard after a man began trying to visit her home . |
| 22 | Returning from exile to head the newly formed Brazilian Communist Party ( PCB ) , Prestes was imprisoned for nine years in 1935 for leading an unsuccessful uprising against the dictator Getúlio Vargas ( 1930-45 ) and on his release was elected to the Senate with the highest personal vote of any candidate . |
| 23 | A DRUG dealer who recruited youngsters to sell ecstasy and cannabis in the Highlands was jailed for five years at the High Court in Inverness yesterday . |
| 24 | Moore 's daughter Jacqueline was jailed for ten years for her part in the Droppin' Well bloodbath . |
| 25 | Ms Mitchell was jailed for three years on Wednesday at Cambridge crown court for possessing and supplying cocaine . |
| 26 | Smith was jailed for 25 years . |